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The Olives NZ executive are a proactive bunch, and have plenty of great initiatives both in the planning stages and in train to assist members. The latest is a range…
Read MoreYou might have been enjoying the warm start to winter, but spare a thought for the confused crops and plants around the region. The olive harvest started in May and…
Read MoreWith foreign investment in Australian agriculture being among the most heated political issues in the country at the moment, new figures released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics might come…
Read More… Extra virgin olive oil. The olive oil market is fraught with dodgy labelling. Actual ‘extra virgin’ olive oil means the oil has been squeezed from the fruit whereas all…
Read MoreThis year’s national industry event will be held in from September 17-19 at the Mercure Resort in the Hunter Valley, NSW, and will also include the inaugural levy payers meeting.…
Read MoreThis month the organisations Nutrition Australia and the Australian Olive Association are co-hosting a series of free seminars on the health benefits of consuming extra virgin olive oil. The events…
Read MoreBorder olive growers are harvesting their crops later this season. A heatwave at the start of the year and unseasonably warm weather has pushed the harvest back several weeks. But…
Read MoreIn its annual overview for the 2014 Australian and New Zealand Olive Industry Directory, the AOA estimates 2013 domestic olive oil production at 19 million litres, following a reduced crop…
Read MoreTasmanian olive oil producers are looking to share their liquid gold with consumers in China as the boutique industry expands. Plans are in the pipeline to send Tasmanian olive oil…
Read MoreA flourishing domestic tourist destination has sprung up on the temperate plateau just north of Inverell. Heather Parsons returned to her family’s plot with her husband Les in 1976, and…
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